How do I install Hatchery?

Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. Download the .jar. Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

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Hatchery

Minecraft Java mod. File opened and checked on 19 Oct 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by GenDeathrow · on CurseForge

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Hatchery

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Most up-to-date spotlight video

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12/20/2017

1.12.2 is here in beta version now.

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Hatchery adds new meaning to chicken farming in Minecraft. Hatchery adds in new Blocks, AI, and Items to aid payers in farming your own chickens. New blocks include a nest for hatching new born chicks, Nesting pens to harbor adult chickens to produce more eggs at a quicker rate. New Mating AI no longer creates a new chicken but rather a Chicken egg that has to be hatch. Different items allow you to customize your egg hatching to increase change the egg hatches, as well as increasing the speed of hatching.

Supports: Chickens Mod by SetyCz

Supports: More Chickens My Addon for ChickensMod

Supports: HWYLA by TehNut

(Older 2.0.7-) Supports: Waila by ProfMobius

Supports: JEI

Check out this well done resource pack!

Resource Pack: Alternative model for Hatchery by kikipunk

Current Features:

RF Power Generation with Methane Digester Engine
Fertilizer Mixer block
New Chicken Mating AI
Roosters!!!
Nest for Hatching Eggs
Chickens Mod Support
Waila Support (NEEDED TO SEE PROGRESS OF HATCHING)
JEI Support
Animal Net (Used to capture animal mobs)
Fertilized Dirt & Fertilized Farmland (Use hoe to till the soil)
Chicken Feeder (Increase baby chicken growth rate. And Chicken Drop rate free range)
Nesting pens collect chicken drops
Nesting Pens will auto breed/Drop Eggs with adjacent pens on (N,S,E,W) sides
Sprayer (Used to spray liquid fertilizer to convert large farmland to fertilized farmland)
Liquid Fertilizer
Inventory Support for other mods
Lucky Eggs, and Lucky Egg Machine..

Future Features:

Brooding Box / Incubator
Heat Lamps
Optional Config to make fertilized dirt turn back to dirt over time.
Hose & Pump (Filling containers in your inventory)
More info to come

Tips and Tricks(SF3):

Older SpotLight Videos:

This is from a older beta version but gives a good idea of the mod. And I want to thank the Youtuber that made this for me ACGamingYT Check out his Channel.

. Thank you.

Permissions
You may:

Use the mod for personal/private use
Include this mod within your own pack as long as due credit is given

You may NOT:

Re-upload the mod on another site without permission

Support me and this mod, and it will help me continue to develop. Support @

And

Big Supporters:

Darkosto : Twitter - Partnered Twitch Streamer - GameWisp - Youtube - Minecraft
ACGamingYT: YouTube

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Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

Hatchery is a free Minecraft Java mod. Downloaded 18,938,365 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.